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Drug resistant malaria detected in Africa for the first time

For the first time in Africa, researchers said, they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin,...

Officials of Kenyan doctors' union jailed; Zim doctor's strike looms

A Kenyan court has jailed seven union officials over a doctors’ strike, while in Zimbabwe, government doctors are bracing for a crippling strike. Business Day...

Most Zimbabwean deaths in SA linked to HIV/Aids

Figures from Zimbabwe’s South African Consulate show that more than 300 Zimbabweans die in SA every month, with more than a third of deaths related to...